Acham Surname
Approximately 7,647 people bear this surname
Acham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,141 | 1:6,357 | 1,127 |
| Nigeria | 579 | 1:305,946 | 17,034 |
| Cameroon | 263 | 1:78,970 | 9,696 |
| India | 164 | 1:4,677,228 | 120,006 |
| Austria | 144 | 1:59,135 | 9,241 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Niger | 59 | 1:325,288 | 9,578 |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Acham (3,263) may also be a first name.
Acham Demographics
Acham Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Acham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acham Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Acham (Hindi: अचम, Marathi: आचम, Oriya: ଆଚାମ, Tibetan: ཨཱ་ཅམ།) occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Acham? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,289th most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 952,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Acham are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Acham is also the 125,357th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 3,263 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 6,141 people, or 1 in 6,357. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 38 percent reside, Bukedea District, where 16 percent reside and Serere District, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it exists in 36 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Acham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Acham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Acham last name rose 655 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Acham Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Acham surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Acham surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Acham earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 53.55% more than the national average, earning $66,254 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.37% less than the national average, earning $49,499 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Acham Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Acham in the Marathi language | ||
| आचम | acama | 93.02 |
| आचाम | acama | 4.65 |
| आचंम | acamma | 2.33 |
| Acham in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଚାମ | acama | 81.82 |
| ଆଚାମ୍ | acam | 9.09 |
| ଆଚମ | acama | 9.09 |
| Acham in the Hindi language | ||
| अचम | acama | 66.67 |
| आचम | acama | 33.33 |
| Acham in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨཱ་ཅམ། | acham | 33.33 |
| ཨ་ཆམ། | acham | 33.33 |
| ཨ་ཅམ། | acham | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Acham
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